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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 06, 2009
Filed:
Nov. 16, 2004
John S. Wenstrand, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Patricia E. Johnson, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Richard L. Baer, Los Altos, CA (US);
John S. Wenstrand, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Patricia E. Johnson, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Richard L. Baer, Los Altos, CA (US);
Aptina Imaging Corporation, Grand Cayman, KY;
Abstract
A method of focusing a digital camera module with an image sensor including capturing an image of a test target with the digital camera module, determining a focus quality of the image with the image sensor, outputting a signal related to the focus quality of the image from the digital camera module to a focusing station external to the digital camera module, and determining whether a position of a lens from the image sensor within the digital camera module should be altered to improve a focus quality of subsequently captured images.
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